Awards.

MTE 2020 Award "Malaysia Technology Expo" The team of inventors from the School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia led by Assoc. Prof. Ir. Dr. Cheah Chee Ban won two awards during the Malaysia Technology Expo held between 20-22 February, 2020 at the Putra World Trade Centre. Their invention with the title "ECO-CRETE" which can reduce the carbon footprint of concrete by 90% was conferred a Special Innovation Award by the Haller Pro Inventio Foundation (Poland) and the MTE Gold Medal Award. Team members are Prof. Dato' Ir. Dr. Mahyuddin bin Ramli, Dr. Chee Su Yin, Ms. Tan...

Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development CONGRATULATIONS Dr. Ruhizal Roosli and Dr. Siti Salwa Mohd Ishak for winning the 3rd prize of the Japanese Award for Outstanding Research on Development. The winners of the award were announced during the 'Knowledge for Sustainable Development: The Research-Policy Nexus' [#K4SD] Conference in Bonn World Conference Center, Germany, in October 2019. This award was launched by Global Development Network with the generous support from the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance, Japan. It recognizes excellence in policy-oriented research, supports research capacity development of researchers in developing countries and funds innovative...

PAM-ZSR Architecture Prize HBP wins big at the PAM-ZSR Architecture Prize 2019! Held at PAM Centre, Kuala Lumpur, this year marked the fifth and the final round of the PAM-ZSR Architecture Prize which was first started back in 2015. The objectives of this prize are to recognize architecture education in Malaysia, to encourage students to proceed to the next level of education, and to encourage networking and interaction among architectural students in both IPTA and IPTS in Malaysia. We are honoured when one of our students has been announced as the ‘Winner’ which is Mr. Muhamad Hisham Zainal Aznam...

Mazran Ismail is a lecturer in Architecture at the School of HBP, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Penang. He received his B.Sc (HBP), Bachelors in Architecture, M.Sc in Housing and Ph.D in Architecture (Energy Efficient Design) from USM. His main research interests are climatic responsive architecture, low energy ventilation technologies and thermal comfort studies in tropical building.

The Evaluation of Community Participation in Post-Disaster Housing Reconstruction Projects. USM Short Term Grant (15 June 2012-14 March 2015), RM35301, Co-Researcher

The Use of Hybrid Turbine Ventilator(s) (HTV) for Effective Temperature Reduction in Different Air Volume Dimension of Building Interiors. Exploratory Research Grant Scheme (ERGS), Ministry of Education Malaysia (MOE) (1 June 2013 - 31 May 2015), RM60000, Co-Researcher

Ruhizal Roosli,Mazran Ismail and Syarmila Hany Haron (2013) The Evaluation of Community Participation in Housing Reconstruction Projects After Disaster. Proceedings of The World Conference on Humanitarian Studies (WCHS2013), 24-27 October 2013, Istanbul, Turkey.

Mazran Ismail and Abdul Malek Abdul Rahman (2012) Possibilities of Enhancing Building Ventilation and Aesthetic Appearance by Implementing Solar-Wind Driven Turbine Ventilator. Proceedings of the International Conference on Environmental Research and Technology (ICERT), 30 May -1 June 2012, Penang. Pp. 33-35.

Al-Obaidi K.M.,Mazran Ismail., Abdul Rahman A.M. (2012) Tropical roof-lighting building interiors: Design factors that make it possible. Proceedings of the International Conference on 'Green' in the Built Environment (ICGBE2012), 29-30 May 2012, Selangor.

Ismail, M. (2011) Design for the Tropics [Review of the book Towards A Low-Energy Building Design for Tropical Malaysia, by A.M. Abdul Rahman, M.H. Abdul Samad, A. Bahauddin and M.R. Ismail]. Bulletin of Research and Community Engagement, Volume 1 (1). ISSN: 2229-9211.

Reviewer of manuscripts for the International Workshop on Livable City 2013 (A Joint Conference with International Conference on Sustainable Architecture and Urban Design 2013), 2-5 October 2013, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.

Reviewer of manuscripts for the Postgraduate Conference in Built Environment (PGCBE2014), 22-24 December 2014, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang.

Reviewer of manuscripts for the International Workshop on Livable City 2014 (A Joint Conference with International Conference on Engineering, Innovation & Technology 2014), 9-11 December 2014, Alor Star, Kedah.